Biography

Dr. Ulrike Boehmer is an Associate Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Boehmer received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston College and graduate degrees in Political Science and History from Germany. Dr. Boehmer's research interests are in the areas of health disparities, women's health, and cancer prevention and control. For the past several years, she received fiunding from the National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society and other funding agencies to investigate differences in quality of life, cancer prevalence, cancer mortality, and health-related decision-making, while examining disparities due to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. Some of her previous research focused on complementary alternative medicine use among HIV/AIDS patients. One primary research area focuses on overcoming the absence of sexual orientation data in the context of population surveillance by applying novel methodologies. Her ongoing research program focuses on expanding the available generalizable data on health disparities in sexual minorities and working towards intervention to reduce the disease burden.